Comments on: WILDCATS RUN OVER AT WRIGLEYhttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/11/22/wildcats-run-over-at-wrigley/
24/7 Real Sports TalkThu, 19 Mar 2015 20:33:56 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2By: Ben Chiswickhttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/11/22/wildcats-run-over-at-wrigley/comment-page-1/#comment-13213
Ben ChiswickTue, 23 Nov 2010 22:12:33 +0000http://prosportsblogging.com/?p=30260#comment-13213Yeah, that was pretty rediculous, but it's unclear exactly who is at fault. The dimensions were agreed upon well in advance and a Big Ten official even toured the field - and approved the layout - a full month before the game. It seems the objections were raised after the Northwestern people visited the field for the first time a week before the game, which begs the obvious question: why would they wait so long to do so?
I do have to disagree with you regarding its impact on the "grandeur" of the game. On television, a casual fan could have easily watched the game without even noticing the "one-way football" if it had not been such a focal point from the broadcast crew. In person, by all accounts, the spectacle of the game was very well received. Wrigleyville was rocking.
I spoke to one Wrigleyville resident and Illinois alumn who claimed that he had never experienced such a vibe in the neighborhood, even during Cubs playoff games.Yeah, that was pretty rediculous, but it’s unclear exactly who is at fault. The dimensions were agreed upon well in advance and a Big Ten official even toured the field – and approved the layout – a full month before the game. It seems the objections were raised after the Northwestern people visited the field for the first time a week before the game, which begs the obvious question: why would they wait so long to do so?

I do have to disagree with you regarding its impact on the “grandeur” of the game. On television, a casual fan could have easily watched the game without even noticing the “one-way football” if it had not been such a focal point from the broadcast crew. In person, by all accounts, the spectacle of the game was very well received. Wrigleyville was rocking.

I spoke to one Wrigleyville resident and Illinois alumn who claimed that he had never experienced such a vibe in the neighborhood, even during Cubs playoff games.

]]>By: Christopher Rowehttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/11/22/wildcats-run-over-at-wrigley/comment-page-1/#comment-13186
Christopher RoweTue, 23 Nov 2010 02:03:23 +0000http://prosportsblogging.com/?p=30260#comment-13186The fact that no one realized a football field would not fit into Wrigley without one of the dugouts being in the end zone -as it used to be - was a serious error. The fact that this event was embarassed by havig to play "one way football" took away from any of the possible grandeur of this game - and proves that it was a mistake. Playing the game @ Wrigley was a nice idea, but did no one measure the damn thing first? Game should have been relocated so as to salvage some credibility!The fact that no one realized a football field would not fit into Wrigley without one of the dugouts being in the end zone -as it used to be – was a serious error. The fact that this event was embarassed by havig to play “one way football” took away from any of the possible grandeur of this game – and proves that it was a mistake. Playing the game @ Wrigley was a nice idea, but did no one measure the damn thing first? Game should have been relocated so as to salvage some credibility!
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